GTG: 1964 Washington Quarter

I'll go with 67, great coin.

 

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and the answer is?

 

It has only been up for 12 hours. Be a little patient!

 

ms 66

 

Now I see, unc details, questionable color....but I think it' s a gorgeous coin.
I can't believe that

 

66

 

I'm gonna say MS65 due to the chatter on the reverse. Beautiful coin.

 

It sounds to me like the grade is something ridiculous, so I'll say MS63 for the win

 

looks like a 64 to me. Too many dings and marks, but due to the title of this thread I am thinking it got a 66 or a 67.

 

I like it at 65

 

66

 

66

 

Whoa is right!!

So far there is only one correct guess as to what the coin is actually graded. Most of you are closer to what it should actually be.

 

Here is the coin. It is currently for sale, so I won't link to the actual site that it is listed on. But this is a perfect example of "Who" get's the grade and not a grade based on the actual coin. PCGS is showing it's true color's on this particular coin. Was it set in front of some new grader who is busy grading ultra moderns and has no idea what a coin below MS-68 actually looks like and should be graded?

If I could get coins graded like this, I would be filthy stinking rich right now, just from the coins, I can buy out of 90% silver bins. PCGS Guide has it listed at $15,000.00!!! It's also the plate coin in PCGS CoinFacts, with a POP of 4 and non finer. My opinion is this should be MS-65 after the color bump. But what do I know.

 

Justin, it's the PCGS CoinFacts plate coin for the date....

Like I said, the most basic research found it. What a crock.

 

That's where I happened to find it after looking up the POP report for it. But it's not where I originally found it. It's currently listed in an auction. At a major auction house.

 

Ah, didn't realize you'd found it there too.

I've seen better in MS65 slabs. Nice clean cheek, but don't look anywhere else....

 

You nailed the grade right on the head. I'm curious as to how you came up with MS-67+? I'm honestly interested.

 

Seems like the grader chose to ignore all the contact marks that fall underneath the rainbow. Maybe the coin was graded on St. Pattys day? Or perhaps he had lucky charms for breakfast? I guess we'll never know.

 

Magic!

But really it was your clue as to being shocked. I figured MS 66 or 65 would be about where everyone would grade it and that MS 68 would be impossible (for now...maybe we'll see this coin in a 68 holder from whoever buys it at the auction). So, I went with MS 67 and added the plus since I thought that would be the way PCGS would identify the color in this case (similar to how NGC would use the star...and I do know that the plus isn't the same as the star, but PCGS does use it for color occasionally).